Joker's Trip Direction Survey (IMPORTANT)

hi all, it's TT, it's survey time, and i don't use that big (IMPORTANT) lightly! this survey is to help us determine where we put our focus next, and how we should deliver updates as our cast grows. CLICK HERE to go to our google form and fill out the survey! the deadline for responding is "whenever we finish the dialogue update" and we don't know when that'll be, so it's better to respond sooner than later. luckily it is literally just two questions!

below (and on the form) are the 3 directions we can go for the next stage of development. like most things we let you vote on, they'll all happen eventually. but we want to know what to do next.

Start the Bar System

This would add a bar where you can have one-on-one conversations with the characters in a visual novel format. This would let you get to know more about them and their lives away from the blackjack table, and potentially unlock new scenes, story progression, and drink abilities as we develop it further. An initial bar update would add the new location and at least one conversation with each character currently in the game.

Add Outfits

This would add functionality for alternate outfits. These would range from simple changes of clothing to special event costumes, such as holiday themes, and will present different difficulty ratings depending upon the number of items worn (Ex: Noriko currently has 5 items. Her second outfit has 8.) Clothing updates would potentially fill long development gaps, and special outfits may have new scenes and dialogue to go with them. Special outfits would be voted on by patrons. An initial outfit update would add a second basic outfit to each character currently in the game.

Add Male Characters

It's been the plan for a while to add male characters to the cast. This option would have us push it up in the schedule. While this is lower in overall complexity, it can delay the development of other game features due to the growing cost of parity, but you'd get hot boys to look at. This option would mean a vote between 2 new male characters, a new promotional video, and the addition of the winning character--with a new sprite, new scenes, and new dialogue. This does not mean we're finished adding girls.

as mentioned in the last option, parity is a concern. so we're also asking if you would prefer to wait longer for bigger updates where everybody gets new content, or if you'd prefer smaller updates that add content for select characters at a time.

so let us know what you want!

(note: this is separate from the dialogue survey, which is going to everybody. you guys get TWO surveys to respond to, lucky ducks)

--TT